Insect-trap or receptacle for disinfectants



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INSECT TRAP 0R REGEPTAGLE DISINFEGTANTS No. 471,273. Patented Mar. 22,1892.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN S. OBRIEN, OF PEVELY, MISSOURI.

INSECT-TRAP OR RECEPTACLE FOR DIS-INFECTANTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,273, dated March22, 1892.

Application filed September 11, 1891. Serial No. 405,400. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN S. OBRIEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pevely, in the county of Jefferson and State of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful Insect-Trap or Receptacle forDisinfectants, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to means as attachable to the lower extremities ofthe legs or feet of household furniture to prevent the passage ofinsects and vermin from the floor to the article of furniture supportedthereon, and has for its object a convenient means for attachingan'impassable obstacle to the passage of insects from the floor to thefurniture, at the same time furnishing means for killing the insects,and it may also be used as a receptacle for disinfectants.

It consists in a readily attachable cupshaped receptacle rigidly securedto the end of the leg or foot of an article of furniture by a screwstem, hereinafter more specifically described and claimed.

The accompanying drawingis a vertical diametrical cross-section, partlyin elevation, of the lower end of the leg of an article of furniture towhich is attached my improved device.

As stated before, the invention consists in a cup-shaped receptacle B,secured on the lower end of the leg of an article of furniture. Thisreceptacle can be made of any material, as iron, adapted to support theweight of the article of furniture to which it is attached and suitableto contain a liquid.

The essential feature of my invention is a cup or basin-shapedreceptacle B, placed beneath or secured to that portion of thefurniture, as A, which comes in contact with the floor, so that anyinsect will have to traverse the interior space within the receptacleand come in contact with the material K contained therein before it canreach the article of furniture, as A, said receptacle being providedwith a flange and screw-stem. The material K may be any liquid or powderdestructive to insect life.

' As illustrated, the basin B is constructed as a piece independent of acaster, to be used in cases where it is not desired to move thefurniture to which it is attached, being formed with a knob projection Mon the under side to rest on the floor. The upper portion of the castingis formed with the flange N, forming a brace or support, and the centralscrewstem E, adapting it to be screwed into the end of the leg A.

The herein -described insect-trap, consisting in a bowl-shapedreceptacle B, formed in tegral with an upwardly-extending stem portionand a downwardly-extending projection M, said upwardly-extending stemportion being formed integral with a laterally-extending flange-plate Nand an extending screwstem E, substantially as described, and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I nature, in presence of two witnesses, this 24thday of August, 1891.

MARTIN S. O BRIEN.

Witnesses A. RAMEL, W. M. BYRNE.

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